Senior Accountant

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear is the most recognized brand in hearing health care.

Senior Accountant

Position Spotlight:

• 3 – 5 years experience
• Serve as a subject matter expert for SG&A reporting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting deadlines across the organization.                                                                                                    
• Prepare monthly recurring and non-standard journal entries related to SG&A activities.                                                                                                              
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations for prepaid expenses, accruals, and other related balance sheet accounts.                                                                                                        
• Prepare and present monthly actual-vs-forecast analyses to Accounting and Finance leadership.                                                                                                            
• Hybrid work schedule in the Lone Tree, CO location

Change people’s lives and love what you do!  Cochlear is the most recognized brand in hearing health care.

About the role

Cochlear is helping people hear, and be heard, all over the world. Come be a part of our amazing mission! If you know month-end close process and contributes to continuous improvements in financial processes, reporting, and internal controls, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the Accounting team at the global leader in implantable hearing devices! In this role, you will be based in our Americas head office in Lone Tree, CO. This role is hybrid, requiring you to be in the office 3 days per week minimum, with 2 days per week working from home.

Your success in this role is measured by completing accurate and timely SG&A expense reporting, performing detailed reconciliations of related balance sheet accounts, and ensuring the integrity of financial information across the organization . Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders including FP&A, Sales Operations, Marketing, Customer Service, Logistics, P&C, legal and global finance partners to analyze actual results, understand business drivers, and support effective financial decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform general ledger account reconciliations for prepaid expenses, accruals, and other related balance sheet accounts.                                                                                                        
• Prepare and present monthly actual-vs-forecast analyses to Accounting and Finance leadership.                                                                                                            
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide ad-hoc reports and analysis to help drive business decisions and understand financial results.                                                                                                                  
• Support the month-end close process, including preparation of financial schedules, account reconciliations, and quarterly/year-end audit work-papers.                                                                                                     
• Perform other ad-hoc analyses, projects, and process-improvement initiatives as needed by the Accounting team.                                                                                                        

Key Requirements

To add value to Cochlear in this role you'll be able to meet and demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities in your application and at interview:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field                                                                                                
• 3–5+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in corporate accounting or auditing                                                                                                 
• Or                                                                                               
• Masters degree and 2 or more years of progressive public accounting experience, including financial analysis                                                                                              
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communicatio